Grenagh North

271 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Grenagh North, from 2 m² to 352,596 m² (35.26 ha, 87.13 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 31 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R1Town Centre/Neighbourhood Centres (New/proposed residential)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G4Green Infrastructure (Active open space)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Special Policy Area (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 11 Mar 2026Awaiting f.i. response

  Permission for retention of conversion of detached domestic garage into a one bedroomed granny flat

  Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 26/0593

• 28 Feb 2025Conditional

  Permission for retention of a bore well for residential use

  Retention · Cork County Council, 25/4334

• 28 Sept 2023Refused

  Permission for 1) the construction of a detached domestic garage ancillary to the existing dwelling house, and 2) the retention of an agricultural entrance along with all associated site works

  Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 23/5945

• 6 Sept 2023Conditional

  Permission for the re-grading of the existing playing surface to a sand based playing pitch, including an adjoining training area. Upgrading the existing ball retention netting, erection of 4 no. 20m high floodlights to serve the playing pitch and erection of 4 no. 12m high floodlights to serve the adjoining training area. Construction of perimeter footpath and 1.2m high perimeter fence to the playing pitch and associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5804

• 6 Apr 2022Conditional

  Permission for the construction of a dwelling, a domestic carport with attached storage shed, a site entrance, a waste water treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4768

• 15 Mar 2022Incompleted application

  Permission for the construction of a dwelling, a domestic carport, a site entrance, a wastewater treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4571

• 19 Feb 2021Conditional

  To construct a ground floor extension at the rear of existing dwelling house, replace existing window with a new door and window at the rear of existing dwelling, alterations to existing elevations and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4397

• 2 Feb 2021Conditional

  Construction of an extension to existing cubicle house to include cubicles, slatted tank, feeding passage and calf house.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4211

• 18 Nov 2020Unconditional

  Construction of extensions to existing dwelling and all associated site works - Extension of duration of permission granted under planning reference: 15/6238

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 20/6561

• 23 Oct 2020Incompleted application

  Construction of extensions to existing dwelling and all associated site works. Extension of duration of permission granted under planning reference: 15/6238.

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 20/6331

• 4 Jun 2020Conditional

  Alterations to dwelling house in the form of an attic conversion.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/5124

• 1 Apr 2020Conditional

  Construction of domestic garage (change of location from that permitted under Planning Ref. No. 18/4662), new entrance, wastewater treatment unit and soil polishing filter (change of plan from that permitted under Planning Ref. No. 16/5443) to serve proposed dwelling permitted under Planning Ref. No. 18/4662.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4674

• 27 Feb 2020Conditional

  To (a) Construct a new single storey extension to the south-west of the existing school containing a 3 classroom suite of SEN (Special Education Needs) accommodation consisting of multi-sensory room, para-educational room, central activity space, withdrawal rooms, a new corridor link, storage and w.c. /shower facilities (b) Single storey extension to the north-east consisting of 2no. mainstream classrooms, new staff room and staff toilets (c) Remodelling of a section of the existing school to accommodate a new office, boiler house, Dis W.C, a principal’s office and internal link corridor (d) Proposed temporary decanting prefabricated unit during construction works (e) Removal of 4no. existing prefabricated structures – total area of 203 sqm (f) Erection of photovoltaic panels on the roof, signage and all alterations to the existing facades (g) Removal of the existing on-site sewage treatment unit and construction of a new pumped rising foul sewer from the school on the public road up to the existing Grenagh Waste Water Treatment Plant (h) Construction of all retaining walls, gas storage tank compound, external ramps & steps, temporary construction access and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4409

• 26 Feb 2020Conditional

  The retention and completion of dwelling and domestic garage as constructed including all associated site development works previously permitted under 16/5437 and 13/4910.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 20/4400

• 7 Feb 2020Conditional

  To construct a dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4213

• 6 Feb 2020Conditional

  Construction of a concrete hurling ball wall and playing surface with chainlink fencing surround and all associated siteworks at the existing sports complex grounds.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4198

• 21 Jun 2019Conditional

  Construction of a detached dwelling, detached garage with store area, new vehicular entrance, boundary treatment and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5620

• 7 Jun 2019Conditional

  Construct dressing rooms, proprietary treatment plant and percolation area and associated site works (revised location to previously permitted dressing rooms Reg No. 13/4910.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5510

• 24 May 2019Withdrawn

  Construction of a concrete hurling ball wall and playing surfaces with chainlink fencing surround and all associated siteworks at the existing sports complex grounds.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5330

• 20 May 2019Incompleted application

  Retention of the conversion of a detached garage to a domestic use granny flat and all associated site works

  Retention · Cork County Council, 19/5261

• 12 Mar 2019Refused

  Retention of an existing detached domestic use shed

  Retention · Cork County Council, 19/4594

• 8 Mar 2019Unconditional

  Construct [a] a GAA pitch, [b] dressing rooms and carparking area, [c] a playground, and [d] 3 no. serviced sites for dwellings. Extension of Duration of Permission granted under Planning Reference: 13/04910.

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 19/4565

• 20 Dec 2018Conditional

  Construction of a dwelling house with associated new entrance, septic tank, percolation area and all ancillary site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/7402

• 11 Jun 2018Refused

  Construct dressing rooms, proprietary treatment plant and percolation area and associated site works (revised location to previously permitted dressing rooms Pl. Reg No. 13/4910)

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/5515

• 17 May 2018Conditional

  Construction of a dwellinghouse and detached domestic garage with associated new entrance, septic tank, percolation and all associated and ancillary site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/5263

The 25 most recent of 95 applications.

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Grenagh North.

Recorded monuments

• CO051-099 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on N-facing slope. Circular area (c. 43m NE-SW) defined by earthen bank (max. H 1.95m) NNE->SW. Bank incorporated into field fence system; stone-faced in parts. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO051-100 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Shown as hachured bivallate enclosure on 1842, 1904 and 1938 OS 6-inch maps (diam. c. 35m). In tillage, on N-facing slope. According to local information, levelled c. 1980; no visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO051-101 Anomalous stone group
  Description

  In flat pasture. Shown on 1938 OS 6-inch map as 'Galláin', with two stones indicated. Three stones described by Condon (1916, 71, no. 32): Stone A (H 2.13m; 1.14m x 0.6m); stone B (H 1.2m; 0.63m x 0.5m); stone C (1.21m x1.37m x 0.25m). Plan (UCC) dated 1912, shows stones were arranged forming points of a triangle; stones A and B were 2.49m apart, B and C 2.03m apart. A and B were upright, C was lying on ground and partially embedded. No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO051-105 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on NE-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 20m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; no visible surface trace. Extensive field fence clearance in surrounding area. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO051-106001 Graveyard
  Description

  On W side of road; rectangular graveyard (c. 60m E-W; c. 50m N-S) enclosed by stone wall. Still in occasional use; contains many 18th- and 19th-century headstones, and some chest tombs; also rows of low uninscribed gravemarkers. N of centre is ruin of ancient parish church of Grenagh (CO051-106002-). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO051-106002 Church
  Description

  In N half of graveyard (CO051-106001-). Remains of rectangular church (int: E-W c. 22.5m; 6.55m N-S); all that now stand are ivy-clad E gable, E end of S wall (L 13.5m) and NW corner; N wall reduced to sod-covered foundations. In centre of E gable is window with double ogee-headed light, sunken spandrels, mullion missing. Wall press at E end of S wall; wide ope (wth 3.36m) immediatly to its W shows signs of recent repair work. Embedded in S wall is rotary quern stone; on ground, just inside S wall, is cut-limestone arch stone, with chamfered edge, from door surround; in graveyard head of single ogee light, with sunken spandrels. Surviving remains of late-medieval character. Formerly parish church of Grenagh; in ruins by 1615 (Brady 1867, vol. 2, 229). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO051-107 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In tillage, on E-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 50m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map; arc NNW->SE survives in field fence system on 1904 and 1938 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; no visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO051-107001 Enclosure - large enclosure
  Description

  Licence 17E0306 and 20E0004. The ditches were discovered during monitoring and subsequently partially excavated, in 2017 and 2020. Consultation of aerial imagery led to discovery of cropmarked ditches surrounding ringfort CO051-107. The ditches excavated are part of the western extent of the large cropmarked enclosure surrounding the 'ringfort'. The ditch was v-shaped in profile and measured 2.32-2.5m in width by 1.18 - 1.51m in depth. Sherds of medieval pottery (13th/14th century in date), hone stones and slag were recovered from the fills. A large crop-marked enclosure visible on 2015 aerial imagery (Google Earth pro) surrounding ringfort CO051-107. Three ditches were exposed on 2 adjacent development sites at the western side of the large cropmarked enclosure and were partially excavated in 2017 and 2020. Compiled by: Annette Quinn (Tobar Archaeology) Date of upload/revision: 11 March 2022

• CO051-108 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In rough grazing. Low mound of burnt material (16.7m N-S; 22.7m E-W); springs immediately to N and S. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO051-109 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on gentle W-facing slope. Depicted as hachured, roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on 1842 and 1938 OS 6-inch maps and as hachured circular raised area on 1904 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; slight rise (28m N-S; 31m E-W) visible in area of site. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO051-111003 Church
  Description

  In Grenagh village. T-shaped church with stem of T to E. Entered at E end, interior lit by slender pointed lancets with switchline tracery. Fine classical reredos behind altar at W end, very similar to reredos formerly at Ovens (CO073-072----). Bellcote atop E gable, rising from narrow stone breakfront; central pointed door with window overhead. Low gabled sacristy at W end. Early 19th-century in appearance, very similar to nearby church (CO042-099----) built in 1843. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

Architectural heritage

• St Laghteen's Roman Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding T-plan double-height gable-fronted church, built c.1820, with central breakfront surmounted by bellcote to front (north-east), three-bay nave and single-bay transepts to south-east and north-west. Two-bay single-storey sacristy addition to rear (south-west). Pitched slate roofs with roughcast rendered bellcote to front elevation having cast-iron bell, carved stone cross finials to transepts and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered wall to front elevation having rendered plinth to breakfront. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls elsewhere. Pointed arch window openings with rendered sills to front and side elevations of nave and gabled elevations of transepts, having timber Y-tracery with lead-lined stained glass windows. Pointed blind arches to gabled elevations of transepts flanking pointed arch window openings with hood mouldings. Quatrefoil window opening to gable of south-east transept. Lancet window openings with render sills to rear (south-west) elevations of nave and sacristy, having lead-lined stained glass windows. Pointed arch door opening to front elevation with double-leaf timber battened. Pointed arch door openings to transepts with timber battened doors. Neo-Classical carved reredos comprising Corinthian columns and pilasters surmounted by open bedded segmental pediment. Timber battened ceiling. Pair of carved timber confessionals flanking main entrance. Carved memorial plaque to north-west elevation. Rendered rubble stone plinth boundary wall with wrought-iron railings having rendered pedestrian entrance to side and hexagonal-profile rendered gate piers having wrought-iron gates. Located on roadside within the village of Grenagh.

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

Radon

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Grenagh North.

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

No address of the register names Grenagh North with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Grenagh North · Greanach Thuaidh

Area

1,925,100 m² (192.51 ha, 475.7 acres)

Civil parish

Grenagh, and its townlands

Barony

Barretts

Electoral division

Knockantota, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Knockantota electoral division: 1,074 people in 335 households; 85% of households own their home; 50% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballygrogan, Ballymorisheen, Grenagh South, Lyradane, Rathduff

Placenames

Grenagh North on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address; old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.